Terminology is something of a problem in this area - links on this page cover shared care, general practice, primary care as it relates to mental health, and some liaison psychiatry.

Links are divided into Australian and overseas lists.

Lists of books and journal articles relating to primary care in mental health can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page. There is a sepatate list for general practice

Australian Links

The Can Do Initiative: Managing Mental Health and Substance Use in General Practice
Funded by the Australian General Practice Network, and produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation, this program can be viewed online, or downloaded as an audio Podcast.

Centre for General Practice Integration Studies. Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Publications
Shared care is now an important part of mental health service delivery and this is a collection of publications from the web site of the Centre for General Practice Integration Studies at the University of New South Wales.

CLIPP (Consultation and Liaison in Primary Care Psychiatry) Manual
From the Mental Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria, 2000.

Collaboration between general practice and community psychiatric services for people with chronic mental illness
By Nicholas A Keks, B Malcolm Altson, Tobie L Sacks, Harry H Hustig and Amgad Tanaghow.
Medical Journal of Australia 1997 Sept 1; vol. 167(5):266-71. Reproduced on the web as part 2 of eMJA's Mental Health Information Centre.

Discharge planning and the development of protocols between adult Area Mental Health Services and general practitioners
A background paper produced by the Mental Health Branch of the Victorian Department of Human Services in May 2005. There is also an accompanying Program Management Circular.

eMJA Mental Health Information Centre
This guide to mental disorders and their treatment is designed specifically to help doctors in general practice deliver good mental health care in the community, however the information should be useful to a wide range of mental health professionals. It consists of a series of papers written by Australian experts in their fields.

eMJA: Supplement – Depression and primary care
MJA 2008; 188 (12 Suppl): S97-S144

From Woe to Go: Mental Health Clinical Practice Guidelines and General Practice...
From Woe to Go: Mental Health Clinical Practice Guidelines and General Practice. Positioning Dissemination Programs, by Jonine Penrose-Wall and Mark Harris. Centre for General Practice Integration Studies, University of New South Wales, 2000.

Foundations for Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Services in Victoria
Melbourne, Primary and Community Health Branch, Victorian Government Department of Human Services, August 2004.

Mental Health Programs in Remote Divisions of General Practice
Mental Health Programs in Remote Divisions of General Practice: PARC Knowledge Harvesting Program Issues Report. By Elizabeth Osman, Victoria Wade, and Eleanor Jackson Bowers. Primary Mental Health Care Australian Resource Centre, Department of General Practice, Flinders University, November 2004.

Mental Health Shared Care in Australia 2001
Report for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, by Chris Holmwood, Grace Groom, and Sally-Anne Nicholson. Primary Mental Care Australian Resource Centre, Department of General Practice, Flinders University and Australian Divisions of General Practice, June 2001.

PARC - Primary Mental Health Care Australian Resource Centre
From the Primary Mental Health Care Australian Resource Centre. A searchable list of links which may be of interest to primary mental health practitioners, and a database of useful information. An invaluable source of information in this area. Of particular interest are PARC's own publications.

Partners in Prevention: Mental Health and General Practice
A scoping of mental health promotion, prevention, and early intervention activities in general practice. By Anne O'Hanlon, Leanne Wells, and Jennie Parham. (A collaboration between Auseinet and ADGP). Adelaide, Auseinet, 2004.

To Their Full Potential is a report which describes the pilot National General Practice Guideline Implementation Program which encouraged Divisions to adopt guideline implementation programs using the Clinical Practice Guidelines Depression in Young People for General Practitioners (NHMRC, 1997) By Jonine Penrose-Wall. Published by the Centre for General Practice Integration Studies, School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Part A was published in 2001, and Part B in 2000.

To Their Full Potential. Research Report Part A: Evaluating Five Models of Divisions' Dissemination of Guidelines Depression in Young People for GPs.
To Their Full Potential: Research Report Part A (Appendices)

To Their Full Potential: Research Report Part B: Case Study Database

Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health in General Practice: Monograph Series
Produced by the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet), the Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health in General Practice monograph series provides an overview of the best available evidence to date on the conceptual framework for PPEI and its application to children and older people, with specific reference to identifying mental health problems early, assessing risk factors and enhancing protective factors.

Monograph 1: Conceptual framework for PPEI and applications in general practice Overview of the literature.
Monograph 2: Managing the impact of separation and divorce on children Overview of the literature.
Monograph 3: Child behaviour Overview of the literature
Monograph 4 : Older adults Overview of the literature

Overseas Links

Annotated Bibliography of Collaborative Mental Health Care
A paper for the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative, prepared by Kate Pautler, and Marie-Anik Gagné, September 2005. The Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative (CCMHI), a federally funded two-year project conducted under the auspices of Health Canada, is grounded in the belief that collaborative mental health care in primary health care settings decreases the burden of illness of consumers who suffer from mental illness by optimizing their care and increasing their access to mental health services.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice
An American Family Physician monograph made possible with federal funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States.

Family Physician Guide: For Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Early Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders
From the British Columbia Ministry of Health, Mental Health and Addictions Branch, March 2007.

Is remission of depressive symptoms in primary care a realistic goal? A meta-analysis
By Marliese Y Dawson, Erin E Michalak, Paul Waraich, J Ellen Anderson, and Raymond W Lam
BMC Family Practice 2004; 5: 19

Mental Disorders in Primary Care: A WHO Educational Package
Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998.

Mental Health Services in Primary Care: A Review of Recent Developments in London
By Rebecca Rosen, and Clare Jenkins. London, King's Fund, 2003.

Physical Health of the Severe and Enduring Mentally Ill: A Training Pack for GP Educators
By Alan Cohen, and Mutsai Hove. Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 2001.

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Below is the description from the web site.
The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal that strives to bring together knowledge in medicine and psychiatry to improve patient care. In partnership with The Association of Medicine and Psychiatry, it will accomplish this goal by offering articles of high clinical value that address neuropsychiatric problems presenting in a variety of settings familiar to those in primary care--office-based practices, emergency departments, and collaborative care milieus such as geriatric and med/psych units. In addition to original articles on such mental health topics as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and psychosis, it also offers reviews of important articles from other mental health journals, a monthly journal detailing the experiences of a young primary care practitioner, and online versions of Dr. Stephen M. Stahl's popular Journal of Clinical Psychiatry column, Brainstorms.

Primary Concerns: A Better Deal for Mental Health in Primary Care
London, Mental Health Foundation, January 2007.

Primary Health Organisations Service Development Toolkit for Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care
Wellington, New Zealand, Ministry of Health, 2004.

Randomised controlled trial of non-directive counselling, cognitive– behaviour therapy and usual general practitioner care in the management of depression as well as mixed anxiety and depression in primary care
By M King, B Sibbald, E Ward, P Bower, M Lloyd, M Gabbay, and S Byford.
Health Technology Assessment 2000; Vol. 4: No. 19

Report of A Surgeon General's Working Meeting on the Integration of Mental Health Services and Primary Health Care (2001)

Shared Care : Resources
This site is sponsored by Hamilton HSO Mental Health and Nutrition Program Hamilton, Ontario.

Shared Mental Health Care: A Bibliography and Overview
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry vol. 47: no.2. Supplement 1, April 2002

A Training Manual for Prevention of Mental Illness: Managing Emotional Symptoms and Problems in Primary Care
By E van Weel-Baumgarten, L Mynors-Wallis, E Jané-Llopis, & P Anderson. A training manual for prevention of mental illness: managing emotional symptoms and problems in primary care. Nijmegen: Radboud University of Nijmegen, 2005.

What is the evidence on effectiveness of capacity building of primary health care professionals in the detection, management, and outcome of depression?
Health Evidence Network (HEN), December 2004. HEN, initiated and coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, is an information service for public health and health care decision-makers in the WHO European Region.

WHO Guide to Mental and Neurological Health in Primary Care
Produced by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training for Mental Health, this Guide has been written to support primary care professionals, primary care organizations and local user groups in their delivery of primary care mental and neurological health services.